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Role Purpose

• Spearhead the development and execution of an integrated communications strategy, working closely within the Leadership Team and WHO counterparts to identify gaps, opportunities, and approaches for strengthening communications engagement with target audiences as the Foundation grows and evolves.
• Building and acting as guardian of the brand, voice, and tone of the Foundation.
• In coordination with the WHO Foundation teams, design and implement effective multi-channel strategies for engaging new audiences and prospective donors.
• Build and champion the Communications culture across the Foundation.
• Grow the Executive Team’s profile through thought leadership, building an events program, and developing media and speaking opportunities.
• Liaise with executive leadership to narrate the Foundation’s work through talking points, briefings, media work, and speaking engagements.

• Implement against key performance indicators and analytics to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Foundation’s communications activities to allow for continued improvement of tactics.
• Implementing media handling from strategy, and pitch to publication.
• Guiding content development for communications campaigns, as appropriate.
• Creating a Digital strategy to maximize impact with website and social media.
• Advising and acting as a sign-off for agency strategies and support.
• Develop and apply guidance, tools, and communications processes within the Foundation, particularly around measurement and analytics.
• Reputation management through crisis communications, CSO, and partner engagement and guidance.
• Working closely with workstreams on donor reporting and impact storytelling.
• Ability to persuade, inform and collaborate with partners and sectors for a positive global health impact.

• Contribute to the delivery of the Foundation’s strategic and management plans. Liaise directly with the CEO, members of the board, and WHO colleagues as appropriate.
• Lead and mentor the communications team and oversee external agencies and other subcontractors where relevant.
• Ensure harmonization between the partnerships, programming, and communications workstreams of the interim Executive Secretariat work.
• Ensure communications activities are managed with adequate capacity and editorial planning to maximize opportunities and stay within budget.
• Training and ensuring the internal tools are there.

• A minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible experience in senior leadership in communications or advocacy roles, with a proven record of managing decentralized teams, executing successful strategies, building a culture of communication, and working across sectors.
• Strong leadership skills and aptitude for working with autonomy and entrepreneurship, both individually and as part of a complex team effort.
• Comfortable with and/or experience operating in a lean, start-up environment.
• Demonstrated project management skills, ideally including executing large-scale, multi-actor campaigns and collaborations.
• Experience in corporate communications, advertising, or agency work with the private sector, CSR, or philanthropic clients.
• Experience in adapting communication styles
• Significant experience in business-to-business or business-to-consumer facing global campaigns
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and diplomacy.
• Demonstrated record of setting clear standards for accountability, value for money, risk management, and zero tolerance for fraud and corruption.
• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent), in communications, advertising journalism-related fields.
• Aptitude to work with flexibility, entrepreneurship, and diplomacy both individually and as part of a complex team effort.
• Fluency in English, and French is an advantage
• Diversity of experience, insight

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Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: Not Disclosed.

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